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UNITED STATES JAMES V. I-IULSE, F GENEVA, NEW YORK.

METHOD 035 GRINDING.

Application filed flctober 6, 1925. Serial No. 60,866.

the finished work. To this end it co or s a method und means which includes a caln poring controller which is slowly advanced towards end upon that part of the ahruslrc surface that is doing; the grindin The face of this controller is constantly heing ground on in small amount whicheinount is inversely proportional to any retreat of the abrasive sin-face due to wear or other causes. This constantly renewed or corrected surface of this caliper-Eng; controller is then utilized. as a abutment against which a coacting yieldin xly held roller runs, the axis of which is definitely oriented to the work support or ahutinent to the end that any advance of the face of the controller is immediately transinited to the work support so that at the conclusion of a cut this wort: support shell. have approached the cutter to the toll extent of its predeterinincd uni-- vance end eliected a reduction oi? the work exactly to the required predetermined diiuension. A further object of rry invention to provide nieans tor employ Toy selfco ring: r trollcr in such a manner that it may cithe directly act upon the work supportand compel the correctional advance or act in. such manner that that correctional advance is pern'iissive thus adapting its ap plication to all classes oi? *indingg machines. The specific instrument lities for carrying out my method may readily he incorporated in the general construction of any of the standard types of grinding machines without altering}; their general character or the methodv of handling; worlc l1 have shown, in the accoinpanvinodrawings the application of my method to a grinding H121. chine of the single stroketype in which the work is compelled directly to approach the cutter and its application to a type oi? 111thchine in which the feed is regulated by 7 power and is permissive orof the following up variety. The first is calculatedto remore excess material in one continuous cut, the other to perform the some function in a series of cutseech of an extent within the capacity of the cutteinl Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Figures 1 and 1 represent aplan riew of a horizontal type surface grinder of the single strolro variety embodying my invention.

liigure is a sectional view on about the line 2-E2 of Figure 1.

Figure fl is asectional view of a detail of the chuck sett-iiigr and -teed mechanism on shout line Z-33 of Figure Figure l: is a section on the line e e of Figure 2.

liigures 5 and 5 are sectional views of the machine on about the line 55 of Figures 1 and 1*.

Figure 6 is a section on the line 66 of Figure 1.

l igure 7 is a sectional View of Figure 1 on line 'Z'7, covering detail oi? chuclcrotating mechanism.

Figure 8 is an elevation view of the left hand end oi? the machine as shown in Figure 1; y a

Figure 9 is an end view of the two part construction of controller Part 4-0 of Figures 52- and 6.

Figure 10 is avertical sectional view of a grinding machine of the single stroke vertical type embodying my invention.

Figure 11. is a horizontai section on the line 1 1--1 1 oi? Figure 10. l

Figure 1:2 is a front view of a detail of chuck setting and feed..1nechanisni located hack of the line 1212 as shown in Figure 11. y

Figure 13 a section on the line 1 3-413 of Figure 10.

Figure i5 2 of Figure 10. e V

Figure 15 is a sectional view or the coutroller feed mechanism taken on line 15---15 of Figure 10.

Figure 1G is a plan view of a modification of controller feeding mechanism.

Figure 17 is a sectional. view taken on line 17-4.? of Figure 16.

Figure 153 is'a plan view oi? machine the cylindrical. type my invention.

Figure 19 is a sectional view 1919 oi Figure 18.

Figure 20 is a detail section oi Figure 18.

section on the line lie--14:

a grinding embodying on the line on line 20- -20 In Figures 1 and 1 isshown a plan View of a horizontal single stroke surface grinder using a cup wheel as a cutter and a rotary magnetic chuck as a work support and abutment. "in the drawings all wheel and splash wheel. 5.

guards,water and electric supply are omitted. All the mechanism is supported by the bed plate 1 which is shown in longitudinal section in Figure 2 which bed plate is further supported by legs at either end to a suitable height from the floor upon which it stands. The cup-wheel or cutter 5 is attached by conventional means to the arbor which is journaled in the double bearing pillow-block 2 and is driven by the pulley S by being belted to an over-head source of power. The magnetic chuck 6 is supported and rotated by an arbor 6 supported by the double pillowblock 8 which is slidably carried by the slide Qupon which it may be reciprocated by hand operated means to. and from the grinding The work piece 7 is shown interposed between the abutment or working face of the chuck6 and the cutter or wheel The position of the parts of the machine shown are that of the conclusion of a cut or at the point where all excess material has been removed and the cutter has ceased to cut. The pillow-block 8 carries a transverse shaft 11 in journals 12 and 13 Figs. 1 and .6, which shaft is provided at the forward end with'the crank and 10 and at the rear end with the crank 14 and pin 14'. The pin 14 engages one end of the connecting rod 15, the opposite end of which engages the pin 16, which pin acts as a, fulcrum so that when the crank 10 is raised and swung over through an arc of 180 degrees so as to extend to the left, the crank 14 has reversed its position so that the axis of the shaft 11 to the right of the axis of the pin 141, and the pillow-block 8 has been forced to a distance twice the length of the crank 1a to the right. Th s movement withdraws the chuck 6 from working relation to wheel 5 for a change of work piece 7. To make a cut the handle 10 is swung over to the right until the workpiece engages the wheel 5. The handle is then slowly lowered following up the cut un til itis stopped by the pin or stop 10 which impinges on the top of the bed plate 1, as in Figs. 6 and 7. In this position of the parts, the axis of shaft 11, the pin 14 and the pin 16 are brought into horizontal alignment which makes it certain that at or during the instant of concluding of the cut, the relative positions of the axis of the pin 16 and the abutment or working face of the chuck 6 are every time positively restored and may not be forced by the operator to any false relation. Pin 16 is mounted in sliding block 20 which is slidably supported. and guided by the slot QOinthe yoke 17. A screw shaft 21 is threaded in the yoke 17 which shaft is operable by the hand-wheel 23-2l. The block 20 is held in constant contact with the end of the screw shaft 21 by the compression spring 31 which is interposed between the side of the yoke 17 and the stirrup plate through which the shaft passes and which and the yoke l"? are. altered for setup purposes.

o'ournalcd on hearing supports 4-3 and ii.

Figs. 1 and 1 is shown the tubular shall ends terminate in bearings l5 and it which are bored to support the threaded draw-bar i l, see Fig 5 and 3. lsliihibly supported on shaft -22 the iiano'ed huh all. This hub rotates in unison with sl .it l as it functions is moved to the lei? lily the

-draw bar 457 which is threaded in the. nut

8+2 which extends out through an cioiuraiwl parallel slot in said shaft and is attached (Fig. 5) to a radially diposrd [in whirh is a part of hub -fl-l. This draw-bar 1- tends to the left through its support ll; and carries the crank 18 with its llilllillo :31. is; shown in 5, a pin which is a part of the handle 51 engages one of a series of index holes in the gear ill. see Fig. 8. lly withdrawing this pin from engagement with this gear 49. the handle may be turned in either direction and this coustructimi thus provides hand-op Jailed means for ri'itatinu the draw-bar l7 iinlepeiulently. enablir" operator to position the hub ii a: do The mechanical means for operating the shaft- 49 and for rotating the lrawbur 4:? relative to shaft which both are being revolved as a unit. is shown in Figs. 1. 1 and 8. Shaft draw-bar 4 2' and hub a1 with its attached parts rotate \ec. slowly as a. unit. while the dravxliar li' l li tater; in relation to the shaft l") at a very nruch reduced rate of speed. Iiiilfguulwl and rotated by the wheel arbor is the shaft 57. its outer end is supported in the hearing 58. This shaft carries the worm ii driving worm gear as which is supported on and drives shaft 51) runningon beariu supports and (31. Shaft carries bevel gear 54-, meshing with bevel gear as. carried on a shaft TUDDlDSY on hearing); supports 2 and G3. which shaft carries the pinion 55!. which in turn drives the gears il and so. which are here paired and rotate together in the same direction, but. at not quite the same rate of speed. A very considerable reduction of speed between the arbor i and the shaft carrying bevel gear .12 has been obtained. A further reduction is secured between the pinion and the gears 45) and 50. Gear 50 drives shaft 1 2. (lear if) has no direct connection with sh: ft -12 but drives V the extent of one thread on drawdiai the screw rod or draw bar l'i". Gear 50 is provided with 99 teeth while gear l9 carries 1.00 teeth. lloth gears are driven by pinion 52 which carries 16 teeth. thus driven at approniinzdely the same rate of speed. Clhe direction of their joint rerolution is left handed s seen in Figure t3, but at every revolution, gears-.9 lags bacl; to the extent oil one tooth which advances it in right handed. relation to gear 50 just to that extent. Therefore, during 100 revolutions of 50, gear made one revolution to the right in relation thel ito and rotated screw shaft t? to the rinht in nut 84:, and has dra-i'u'n hub All to thi'.

providing a very slow and steady the hub ll. to the left. v

Attached to the hub .l-l is the hollow cylinder 40. This cylinder is shown as being made up of two sections as illustrated in Fig. 9. The two parts are assen'ibled into a cylinder and secured to the hub by screws as at 89 and 90. it may thus be readily removed or replaced. ll hon the machineis set in operation the ope stoic, by means of the hand operating means already describech moves hub and this cylinder 10 to the left until the left edge of the part do engages the cutter or cup-Wheel As soon as contact made the pin in handle 5]; is reengag ed in the nearestindei; hole in gear H), and mechanical tieed oi hub 4-7., and cylinder 40 to the left is set up. 'l he lctt edge of the cylinder or controller 40 is thus constantly advancing upon the wheel 5 and is being ground away to the extent oi. advance in a fieldapart from that occupied by work piece 'llhe rate of ad vance of controller lO upon wheel 5 is constant and untitorrn under these particular conditions. The cutting face of the wheel 5 and. the left edge otthe controller ll-0 are now constantly revolving in the same plane. lli'iriugr any period, :when there is no worl: on clinch l3 and crmsequcn ly no near on wheel 5, coutrollia' 41-0. is obviously being around o'l'lf to the lull extent o t its advance upon wheel Ii. l t hen wheel I} is engaged with a work piece and (lllIllliLflJhEEb cutting p riod loses a y material from its taco by 'nte ration or otherwise and its effective ing piano has receded to auyeiztent. its el'lective grindino capacity upon controller e0 is either diminished ordisc n1ti1nied until the advance or controller i0 again brings it into full grinding; contact with the wheel 5, time restoring the working faces of the two parts to a common plane. H, for the purpose ot' removing a large amount oi"; ea; cess material from the wort; piece aheavy cut is taken which reduc sthe face of the wheel 5 to such an extent that the feed oli controller 40 has been eacecued and a gap ljietween the two parts "occurs, theoperator Both gears are inately that of pinion 5",.

has recourse to the hand operated feed for bringing; the two parts in working contact before the whole cut is finished.

lt has been shown how the left edge of the controller d0 is arton'iaticaily main tained in a plane precisely colnmon to that ol the cutting face or plane ot the cutter or wheel The edge 0t this controller ll] provides an abutment which I utilize for maintaining the face oi. chuck 6 in constant dimensional relation to thetace of the cutter or wheel Referring to the first thre figures in the; drawings: A bar 35 is carried by supports 36 and E3? to freely slide in those supports. A. block 38 is clan'iped to thatbar and carries the roller 39 which bears against and is rotated by the abutment aili'orded by the l "t edgeof the controller ll) and which is forced to the left by any advance of the "lace oi that abutment in that direction. This bar 3? through connecting arms 1.8 and 19 support the yoke piece 17. The lower edge of this yoke 17 slidably guided and positioned by the grooved guide strip (532, Fig. ln 2 is shown a cable 32 which passes over the roller 33 and down through hole in bed plate 1 and depending there- -lroin is the weight 341;. This cable 82 is attached to yoke l7 and tends to. constantly draw it to the right, and acting througzgh into" oning); arts constantly torces roller 9 against and in working contact with the abutment portion of controller (to. Any advancement otthe abutment to the left carries all conuctcd parts with it. il llih' we have as a slidalolyv mounted unit, all the parts between roller 39 and the chuck ll,

the cutting plane of the cup-wheel 5.

deterring to Figs. 1*" and 5: J'ittaclwd to the right end oi? hollow sharlit the near (ilwhich drives the shaft 69 through the medium o'l. pinion on at a speed it'plJlfUXl This shaft (5%) is mounted on bearing supports (3? and G8 at the rear and right of the machine. Slidzu bly mounted on this shaft is the belt pulley 'lO which is keyed to be driven by that shaft 4 by the full, length key-seat 69. This pulley 70 is belted to belt pulley "Z2 which is mounted upon the arbor that supports chuck 6. by means of tight and loose belt 71. lEulley TO kept in alignment with. pulley 72 following: the HlOVQIDQKTtS'OiE pillow-block 8 on its slide 9 bythe bar 73 which is mounted on studs on the right hand end of that pillow-block and extends rearWardly underneath the shaft 69. At the rear end of bar at its inner end to swln 'insi member 1 D r,

3 is carried an inverted ll l which is positioned so that each ot' its vertical members serve to drive pulley 70 in axial direction following movements oi bar 73. Pivotally supported upon the upper end of the vertical member 7a is the U shaped member 75. Between its forward and open ends is the idler pulley l6 rotatively mounted to bear on thedriving belt 71. In the position in which it is shown in Fig. l it is holding belt 71 in driving; tension as its s ipport 75 is being forced in operative di-- .rection bythe tension spring 77 extending from part 75 to bar 72:3. in Figs. 1, :2 and 'l' is shovn the cam plate "(8 mounted on bed plate 1 in the path. ot roller 79. Roller T1) is carried by the bar 80 which is attached l5 and guided for vertical movement by the bar 73 where it crosses that bar through the medium of screw and slot 86. ii hen pillowl lock 8 is moved to the hit to r rry chuck (3 out of operative position, roller 75) e1 gages the inclined face of the cam plate 78 and is elevated thereby to force bar 80 to operate to swing the part '55 and. its idler it; up rgainst the tension offspring T? to galley 76 up and out of contact with belt 1 thereby relieving the driving tension of that belt. vWhen the chuc I 5 is again moved to the left to operative position, all theseparts operate in reverse order and pulley 70 again drives pulley T2, and Chuck (1 is rotated tor the purpose of making a cut on work piece 7. v

The mechanism thus tar described, fully carries out my method and provides a m .chine that, as a surface grinder, will meet and cover all the necessities or general practice. My method is so or very great alue in dimensioning nonmagnetic or an ei'idless variety ot non-metallic substances of widely varying; texture ii which case magnetic chuck 6 would be replaced by z pneumatic chuck or a Face plate and clamps. A very wide range of abrasive wheels is made to meet the particular textural nature of the very many substances that are now being); finished by ab 'asive wheels. In practice where wheel. are of necessity used with a very soft bond and which would not freely grind off or 'emove material from the controller ll) which is herein shown to be made of cast iron, itwill be advisable to use controllers made of other material or of any firm frangible non-metallic substance such as terra cotta or other similar pottery product. In this case, the section of controller lO will be thickened so as to provide a longer radial contact with roller 39. The foregoing will also be true where wheels of hard bond and very line grain are used in which the cutting effect is produced rather more by friction. than abrasion. The character ot' the material used for controller 4:0

shaped member is at all times to be of such a cha actor that its advance upon the wheel 5 is to be ground oil' or removed by the wheel freely and completely.

in instances where the worlt pieces are to be attached to lace plates or their equivalentand considerable time is lalten in their removal and "eplaccment, and to reduce unnecessary consumption. of iuaterial in controllcr l0, 1 have provided means for arrestthe advance ot that controller during the work change period when it is desirable to do so.

.lrlele to h ts. l6 and 17. Figure 16 is a plan and p: l v l'l'lOilll view oil? a moditiczuion of tr bar 47 wn 1nd 5. This mechanism provides means tor nua-hanically rotating i'lraw-bat' -5 at the same speed. as

V i and cnc lliu z; he dill'ereutial d; 9' draw mornted to slide axially on sleeve e period ween l 95 and is keyed to drive that sleeve at a t that oi? either ol the gears 1-9 or 5t. Thi

a clutch member is deeply grooved between its ends to accommmlatc the "tical pin 97 which moves this clutch i 'iallv and selectively to engage either ol? its opposi gears, ll hen this clutch is engrae'ed with pear 40" as shown. it drives the index wheel 9th through the medium of sleeve 95 at the same rate (it speed as. near mi so that that gear functions as is shown in t le. 5. ll hen this clutcu is engaged with rear 50 gear ll)" becomes an idle and the clutch 9i then rotates index wheel Elli at recisely the same rate ot speed as near fill and screw shait l rotates in unison with as to draw hub ll Finshat't 42 when it ens ure 5 to the left. l olding' it in a tixcd position of shaft 42. For the selective control of clutch 9 pin 97* is carried at the free end of vibrating: arm 98 which is supported and pinned on shaft 5W which shall. extends down through bed plate 1. As shown by dotted line in Fig. 16 the lower end or" this shaft is pinned to an arm 100, attached to the free end of which one end o1 draw bar 102 which extends underneath bed plate l to the right and trout oi": the machine where its other end is ati I and its iced to the left 105 in. the direction of can). plate 106. Pih

low-block 8 and chuclr 6 are l1(-31'-'l shown in operative position. i Vhen these parts are moved to the right to worlr changing posi tiom the free end of arm 105 swings to the rear. spring 101. is released to act oil-arm $38 to swing itsfree end to the right which through pin Q'Wcarries clutch 94*. into ongijagement with gear cancelling the feed function of draw bar its shown, in Figs. 16 and 17, means is provided for rendering thi. throw-out"mechanism inoperative. llcar the free end of arm 105, is mounted on the bed plate It. the hlorh 109. This block is slotted at upper side throughout its length and a leaf 11.0 is pivoted to swing; therein. This leaf is of such length that it can be swung over to the right so that it engages and. holds the free end of arm 105 in the position as shown. in this position the clutch 9a is constantly held in engagement with gear 419 As shown in l7, cam plate 1% is slidably mounted on the front of pillow-block 8 and is supported thereon by theft slot 108 coactingz; with screw and not 107.. his cam plate can thus be adjusted to operate in con nection with worlr pieces of different dimen- .dollilifil'l'lllffi: further to Fig. 16. In order to provide further for the e: 'gencies of tho Yery wide range of work that can be done on. my machine, l have provided means for operating; the controller mechanism at difi'erent speeds relative to the creed of wheel 5 (Figure Mounted on hearing supports 91 and 92 is auxiliary shaft 90* which shaft carries the worm 56 drive int: worm r Mounted on this slia'lt and shaft 57 are the stepped cone belt pulleys 8 and 89 which are shown as being operatively connected by the drive belt 93. lin this figure lnitre gears 53 and 54 take the place of bevel gears 53 and 554i as shown in Figure 1, their function being the same.

When the grinding machine described in 1 and Pie to be set in operation, and before it can be properly set to produce the desired predetermined dimension of w rl: niece. the Zero point on hand wheel inusthc found and, est blirhwl. in the hand wheel. is shown as split is mounted to swing on the shaft- 21. at

the point where it passes through its bearing; support This pointer made of flat material, and is bent to form two parts at right angles to each other. One part extends radially from the shaft 21 and the other extends in axial direction of that shaft and overhangs the hand wheel 23 24 a thinned edge serving as an indexing; line. 'lhe hand wheel 523-242 follows all the movements of yoke 1'7, and shaft 21 reciprocates through its support 22 to accommodate that movement. The radial part of this pointer is slotted as shownat 25* in Fig. 1 adjacent to the thumb screw 27 to permit. of its oscillation on shaft 21 for adjustment through an are greater than five divisions of the wheel 24-. The operator then sets this pointer to the reading secured by mcasuring work piece 7 within the multiple of five one thousandths on wheel 23 without moving that wheel, and then sets the part 24 to indicate the proper numeration of that multiple as a fractional part of fifty one thousandths, the shaft 21 being in this instance threaded twenty pitch. Zero on wheel part 24L then becomes a fixed point and read ings for setting chuck 6 to a desired distance from wheel 5 are taken from that point, counting turns of the wheel 23-24 for each twentieth of an inch and theperiphernl scale of the two wheels for fractional parts of that unit. The Zero point thus established remains as such until either the roller 39 is shifted on the rod 35 or the face of chuck 6 is reground a truing up operation.

Figures 1.0 to 15 inclusive show the rela' tive working position of the mechanism our bodying my invention to a single stroke surface grinder of the vertical type. In this type of machine the working; face or ab 14 ment of chuck 6" faces upward. wheel a overhangs that chuck and faces downward. In taking a cut the chuclr tl is raisedv to make contact with the wheel for work piece 7. electricsupyfly systems are omitted. Also, means for rotating chuck 6 which can be driven from hollow shaft 4-2 is not-shown.

Aside from the vertical arrangement of the moving parts, the main difference in this type orform of construction is in that the knee or chuck support 8 is mounted on vibrating" arms instead of a slide. These arms comprise a double set. or two free arms and two axially connected sothat they carry lVheel and splash guards, water and of arms 34" serves as a countcrbalaiure l'or knee 8. The capacity of this weight 34- however, is such that knee 8 is underbalanced to some extent so that it serves in the same capacity weight 34: in 2, keeping roller-:39 in contact with controller 4 and, yielding, in like manner to the rising abutment presented by that controller. in Fig. the knee member is shown in the Form of thethree sides of a. be like structure. In this figure an extension of one of the side walls of the knee extends rearwardly and then to the right and provides a. rear bearing support for the operating); shaft ll which carries crank 14L and pin The pin on'this crank engages a sliding die traversing a. horizontal slot in the yoke member 17 which is a part of the sleeve slidably supported on the hollow bar 35". see Flgs. 11- and 12. This slot and the function as an equivalent to the connecting; rod in Fig. 1 raising and lowering knee 8, raising it to working position and lowei ing it to work changing position, and as shown in Fig. 12 moving it a fixed distance at each movement of the handle 10 "from one of its stops to tie other. This sleeve '18" functions similarly to the sliding: block 91) in 2. The bar here shown as a tube with the screw bar 21 axially located. therein engaging the nut 21 which has attaclunent to the sleeve .8" through'thc 35, and, by means of hand wheel 23" provides means for adjusting the relative positions of roller 39 and pin i l for the purpose of securing predetermined work diiuensions between chuck 6" and wheel 5*. l

have thus shown how the mechanism emhodyinnmy invention can readily be incorporated in the general make up oi a well known standard type of grinding machines.

Referring to Figs. 18, 1S) and 20: These figures show the incorporation of my invention in combination with a grinding machine of the usual or conventional cylindrr cal type or the class of machines in which the work is axially mounted on centres, revolving chucks or in special devices suited for the occasion. In the machine here shown, wheel and splash guards and water supply system and the mechanism for reciprocating the work table 8 are omitted. The latter device, together with means for advancing the. wheel. upon the work at mounted to revolve on centres 1510 and. iii which are supported by head blocks 15313 and 123 on the reciprocating work table 5%. This work piece 7" rermvcd during the cutting operation by drive pulley 12h which is belt driven from an overhead source of power. lVork table in this class oi machines is a'utomat-icz'llly reciprocated by power from right to left, continuously lo present the whole length of the work piece to the wheel 5 for the purpose of l(.11'l()\i11 :1 cut within the capacity of the wheel. At the end oi each cut so take the wheel support is automatically moved forward to (115121540 wheel 5 with work piece to the extent oi "he depth of a successive cut. litany 'l'orms oi? stop mechanisms are in common luc for automatically arresting this l'orward l ved at a point where the work piece has been reduced to a diameter approximately that or plus, oi the finished diameter required. Feed screw 125 and hand wheel ice are here shown as a diagrammatic representation oi" the last dos -rihed aulrunalic device. Whwl support 52 provided with integral supports tor the wheel arbor l 127 and J99. and luv the shaft 57. 129 and ill), for the hollow i2", shaft 52, and the support ol lid!" on 13L and i352, the band wheels 132i and i l! and for the shaft supports i215 and i; This support 2" is lni urcaied from about i centre and toward the rear by a channrl for the travel of: the block 137 on bar I i. ll hcel or cutter 5" is mounted on its arbor 4; to revolve. in bcariiurs Iii? and 1128 driven by pulley Il from an ovci'hezul source of power. :llil're g 'car H39 mounted on the end i arbor at drives its male il and shall 57'. ()n shall 5. is the worm fill" driving worm gear 5-3" at reduced speed. This gear drives shaft 59" and inilre gear ill and its male 142 on shaft 572 mounted in sllppoi'ir-s 131 and 132. Shaft 52" carries the divided pinion 52-52 engaging l' ,2ll'f -11) and Iii)". As sh r-wn in Fig. 18. gear 50 drives the hollow shaft 42. il'lounl'cd lo rwxiproz-ule axially in hollow shaft 4-2" the screw thrust bar 47". 'lhese parts rotate opertively in unison. The pin, hi3, held in operative position by lh leaf spring, the elongated key-way 1-16 in lhrus. 17 to maintain that u Gear which drives hollow shaft teeth,

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Split pinions 5252", each having the same number of teeth, drives these two gears at the same peripheral speed but not at the same number of revolutions within a given period. Gear 49" lags back to the extent of one tooth at each revolution of gear 50, so that while gear 50 makes revolutions to the left, gear 49 has lagged back one whole revolution which has turned it to the right one re\ *olution relative to gear 50". Gear 49" is threaded on. the screw thrust bar i117". and with the end of hollow shaft as an abutn'ient moves that thrust bar forward to the extent of the pitch of one thread carried thereon. On the forward end of thrust bar at?" is mounted that flanged huh it" to whi h attached a hollow cylinder 4(2 t'iee ll 20. Referring to Fig. 19: The upper edge of this hollow cylinder illi shown as lyirin a plane horizontal to the axis of wheel, 5. In Fig. 18 the axis of this cylinder 4H)" is shown as lying in a vertical plane midway between the two sides of wheel 5". The edge of cylinder 4-0" is, as shown, being revolved and fed against a point of wheel 5" diametrically opposite the point where it engages the work piece 7 and as so on posed and fed is, while the machine isrunning, being ground off to the extent of its advance on that wheel, less howcverto the extent of any loss of diameter of wheel 5" due to wear or disintegration in its abrasive action on work piece 7 or a-dressing or sharpening operation performed on the wheel 5 during a cutting period, or both. Following up any loss of diai'neter of wheel 5", the edge of cylinder 4.0 advancing under its forward feed serving as a controller abutmerit carries roller 39", which is shown as running; against the edge of that controllcr forward and. to just the extent of that loss of dianmlcr of wheel Fl. duller 39" is car ried on the for ward. end of bar a. '77

it leis bar is iniiiunted to reciprocate between the tengued rails l t? and lzi-ti which rails are suppiuted by the sumport members i531. and 182. liar 35 carries downwardly project ii'ip; bracket 14th to the lower end of which is ttachcd the flexible metal strip or draw band .l5l) which passes to the rear, and to the right around the flat faced idler wheels 13?) and. 13%, mounted on part 2", extends forward and is attached to the upright block or projection 137 on bar 138. This bar is tongue and. groove guided in wheel support 2 and the lower side of this bar lies flush with the under side of support 2 as it rests on its support which .is a partot' the base 1*. As thus connected bars 35 and 138 are calculated through the medium of draw band to each drive the other in opposite directions, band 150 being emplo vcd as a tension memliiiu'. lliu'lerneath support S is the opening 156. Down threilgh th opening is shown a bit. nit 113i.

.oft' portion of base 1 depending from the under SlClGpOf bar 138 i173 and at its free end (lQpQBClS weight 155.

The tendency of this weight is to draw sup port 8 f rward and incidentally to kee 'ii roller 39" on contact with the abutmente iige of controller all)" as it acts on bar 138 e u 7 through band i5l, through its sup iortl ll bar 255 which is thus hemp; constai'itlt .l drawn to the row but is yicldinaly held to respond to any forward advance of the abut ment on controller it). Any such for' ard advance of theahutment a'lt'orded by con troller 410" is thus translated. into a precisely corresponding advance'of the front edge of the bracket 151. Supported in a housing; on support lot is a square bar 15? bored and thr eded throughout its entire length. Threaded into t iis square bar the screw share 3 which is joi halted in the base 1 through which it p0 hand wheel i -fie". This shaft carries the thrust collar 159 which bears against faced Through the hand wheel ZN--24? the bar 157 can be adjusted longitrulinally to bring its rear or abutment end to any predetermined position in the path of the front edge of the bracket 1531. Th so parts are here shown in contact. The position of all of the parts ofthe machine as a whole is shown as that of the termination or finishing of a cut onrwork piece 7. Bar 15? has thus arrested forward movement of wheel support 8" and the ad- 'rai cc of wheel 5" on work piece T, which has now been ground to a prcifletcriuineal dian'ieter.

Depending from the under side of wheel support 2 and, extending down throlugh the opening 156 is the bracket use see Fig: if). lhis bracket again extends to the riggl'it, and its end is in the path of feed screw shaft i225 which is ()pOitliTWl by hand wheel ii-56. lhis screw shaft is threaded in the base 1'. it can be used to thrust support 52 to the rear but has no driving; control over its forward movement, that is a function of weight 155. Through this hand wheel 126 the open ator can now move support and its wheel back away fromthe centres 120 and 121 for a change of work piece. rtttached to the rear inside wall of the base 1" is the bracket 163 carrying flat wheel 162. Attached to the bracket 160 and extending rearwardly and over the wheel 1.132 is the flat flexible metal strip 161 from the end of wnieh do peiiids the w ig ht lGl. The functiim this weight to maintain a tension on hand lot when wei ht .3135 has cor. l to funcand carries the split.

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. The F" ting of the hand wheel 28"2*l" as to zero point in relation to the POHliCl' 25 is accomplished in the same manner in. this machine as has been described for Figs. 1 and 2.

The machine shown having finished acut, the operator through the medium of hand wheel 126 moves wheel support 2* back to char the work piece and replaces it with another piece. The machine is then set in operation and he feeds the wheel forward until it picks up the cut on the work piece which is now revolving and being traversed. to and fro ax'ally by mechanism driving carriage 8". Feed mechanism hereinbetore referred to now continues to operate wheel 126 interni to advance wheel 5" for taking its successive cuts as veight 155 is keeping the bracket in contact with the rear end of feed shaft 125. Bar- 157 is under these conditions now out of contact with bracket 151. The cutting operation continues until the forward feed of support 2 brings the two parts again in contact. At this point further forward feed of wheel 5" is arrested as the desired diameter of the work piece has been reached. It the power- ;teed of wheel 126 continues, the rear end of shaft 125 merely backs away from bracket 160, becoming inoperative, wheel 5" being); thus permitted to remove all excess material from work piece 7" and only that, for through controller 40 and coacting mechanism any loss of the radius of the wheel 5" from any cause whatever has been translated into a corresponding retreat of the front edge of bracket 151 relative to the axis of that wheel,- and support 2 is permitted to make such further advance before it is ar 'ested by bar 157 as will prec'sely con'ipensate for that loss of diameter.

As has been ("lescribed, wheel support 2" and its attached parts constitute a unit. yieldingly and weight controlled, or actu- 1e teed direction and the teed aleu in cuttl for making successive cuts is permissive in charmter; the wheel following up such feed until it is arrested at the full termination. of a cut, bringing the work. piece to a predetermined dimension by the action of parts coacting with controller 4h)".

it will be evident that tha method in effect constantly anticipates a condition of error, both during the period and particularly at the conclusion, of a out, which method does not depend at all, for its constantly corrective action, upon the accrual of error to any extent in any of its functions.

I claim ln grinding where the and we rk until arrested oy a gauged stop. the method of compensat ng for the wear ol the orinding tool, which com prises mov a wearing abutment c' nt n mu ty the grinding tool, continumisiy moi the stop to compcnsator the wear of 'lhe grinding tool and limiting" said nioreuupi by n: s l "19; against the wearing: sou tare ii" the ahutmei ln grinding, the methwl ol' ei''cctiuri cuts miati'erted by the wee. oi the cutting tool, which consists in continuousl 2Hi\:?11- cin a reducillc abul uremic? upon the cutting tool durin progress of said cuts, constantly red u. the elieclix'e to. c of said abutment at a equivalent .o it speed o1" zulrancemcut less the rtileut ol' 3. In metal cutting where the do}. a cut is predetermiued bv e. cai'u'e'd he meth d, of compensating to th the cutting tool. which rolnpii ared ucible abutment ro.

a ainst the tool, continuously stop to move towards the tool said movement by holding: the .1

relation to the reducing surface of th ent.

4. linv a grinding machin the eomhina correctional adjustment between the supports oi a cutter and a worl; piece eouiralent to any degree oi, recession of the cutting surf: cc of that cutter due to wear. cousisting of a reducible abutting member. means for continuously advancing said abutting member upou id cutting surface during the progress of thocu li a constant t=pcc i in excess ot the man'yiiu variable speed ol recession of that cuttiu url':uc, wherohv the aid abuttiiuj mem er is reduced w ll cutt g sin-ta c 1': an oni n? o r l to its extent of advancement less the moi-dam c. 0- tent oi recession o said cutlius: urface. a vmacling roller axially mounted on a \'ieldinn support in constant contact with the Qi'lClllVG face of said abutting member. and means for causi 151 the roller support to thrust torward by that lzu-e to {he ei-dc of any accrued dillerence between the vance of said abutting member and the cession or" said cutting surface.

In a grinding machine, the rombiuat ion comprising a revolving cutter, a support for a work piece, a riwolriug rcnucible abutting li'ltilnljtil, u'ieaus For contimumsly :i:l

vancing said abutting member upon said cutting surface at a constant speed in excess of the maximum variable speed of recession of that cutting surface, a coacting roller in constant contact with the effective face of said abutting member and ayield- .ing support on which it is axially mounted, and means for causing the said support to be thrust forward by that face to the extent of any accrued difference between the advance of said abutting member and the reccssion of said cutting surface.

6. In a grinding machine, the combination comprising a rotating cutter with a peripheral cutting surface, a support for a work piece, a revolving, reducible abutting member continuously advancing upon the periphery of said cutter in radial. direction and atv a point thereon angularly displaced from the point of engagement With the work piece, said advance being at a constant speed in excess of the maximum variable speed of radial wear of said peripheral cutting surface, a coacting roller in constant contact with the effective face of said abutting 1ne1nher, a yielding support for said roller, and means for causing said roller support to be thrust forward by the face ofthereducible abutting member to the extent of any accrued difference between the advance of said member and the radial wear of said cutting surface, whereby the extent of that wear is continuously calipered and direct equivalent adjustment of said stop or abutment with relation to said cutting surface is effected, which will permit said cutting surface to reduce said work piece to a predetermined extent, under the control of said limiting stop or abutment.

the reducing surface of the abutment to limit the approach of the two supports.

8. In a grinding machine, the combination of a work support, a tool support, a grinding wheel mounted on the tool. support, means for moving one of the supports toward the other, a gauged stop limiting the said movement, means including said gauged stop and a constantly advancing reducible abutment constantly positioned by the cutting surface of the wheel controlling said gauged stop and compensating for the Wear of said grinding wheel.

JAMES V. HULSE. 

